Morning journal and courier., 1887-09-09
FAT MEN DINE.

Conneetieut's Fat men's Association
 Hold Their TWenty-First Annual
 Bake At DorIon's POfnt-What The
 Bake Contained - Some of The
 WeighIy Epfcures Who Attended.
 President A. M. Wallace of the Fat Mems
 association, started early yesterday morning
 with the great cane of his order for Dorlon's
 Point, near Norwalk, to make the prelimi-
 nary arrangements for the twenty-6rst annu-
 al clambake of the Fat Mems association.
 The clerk of the weather seemed to be espsc-
 ially favorable to the fat men and 6 more
 beautiful day on which to hold 6 re-
 union never dawned. The dinner was the
 most successful ever held by the heavy
 weights. The arrangements for good time
 were completed by President Wallace long
 before the hour set for the dinner. He
 brought out the mighty chair of the associa-
 tion, brushed off the cobwebs and dust ac-
 cumulated since last year, and directed the
 men, who did the clambaking, so that not 8 clam, fish, oyster or ear of corn less than the regulation, went into the enormous Rhode Island bake. The fat men arrived from va rious points. They were all great men, who
 began Wednesday to starve themselves ln order to make a good show as eaters at dln- ner The bake was laid out in the big pavil- ion in front of the hotel. Oliver Dorlon, son of Philetus Dorlon, a member of the as- sociation, got the huge bake in fine condi- ton at the hour set for servfng-2 o'clock. When complete and covered to depth of two feet with freshly gathered seaweed, the pile of edibles measured about 40 feet in cir conference, 12 feet in diameter and was about 8 feet deep. The stones had been
 heated at g o'clock ,and in about an hour the
 bake began to be set up. The ingredients were as follows: Twenty bushels of hard shell clans, 6 bushels of soft shell clans, 10
 bushels of oysters, $50 pounds of bluefish, 250 pounds of sea bass, 400 Holsters, 3 bar rels of crabs, 25O chickens, 680 ears of green corn, 3 barrels of sweet potatoes, barrels of white potatoes; 20 watermelons for desert. The banquet was presided over by the 220 pound president.
 Some of the fat men who sat down to the table were: President A. W. Wallace, of Bridgeport; Secretary and Treasurer P. Mur-
 phy. of Westport, weight 26s; Lawrence R. Kerr, of New York, weight 220 pounds; c. W. Mills, of Staten Island, weight 270 gounds; 0. Munson, of New York, weight 250 pounds; Tn. Kappa, of Mt. Vernon, weight 240 pounds; John Blaum, of Brook lyn, weight 331 pounds; Tom Costi- gan. of New York, 3so pounds; Abe Hoagland, of New Haven, weight 240 weight 280 pounds; B. w. Naples of the Norwalk Hour, weight 245 pounds; P. Dor
 lon of New York; II. Brockway of the Ash
 land House, New York; T. J. Coe of the Revere House, New York; Andrew Hull of Danbury: T. W. Becker of New York, | weight 300 pounds; John Rudman of New York, weight 2s0 pounds: Fred Stevens of Bridgeport and Henry Gardner of Bridge port.
 Speeches followed the dinner. The Fat | Mems association was organized in 1868, and yearly since that time annual meetings have | been held. The late Charles Bradley, of this 1 city, was one of it's founders and supporters during his life and held the presidency for two terns.
 Lawrence Kerr, of New York, was elected president of the association for the ensuing year. He received the cane which has hand
 ed down to each succeeding president ever since the association was formed. A. N. Wallace, of Bridgeport, was elected vice